Food & Drink

Expanding bar, restaurant and music venue operator Mission Mars has purchased Liverpool city centre’s The Hub Alehouse & Kitchen.The restaurant, which occupies the ground and lower ground floors of the Grade II-listed Casartelli Building, will become the chain’s twelfth venue across Manchester and Liverpool.Purchasing the venture from Liverpool restaurant operator ...
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A range of food and drink concepts are set to launch this year in a former Chinese restaurant opposite Liverpool’s Metquarter.Mark Cesareo and his business partner have lined up a champagne bar, tapas-style bistro, international-inspired restaurant and jazz venue for the Ashcroft Buildings on Victoria Street.Mark has told YM Liverpool ...
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Get Ready for the Weekend in Liverpool
Leonardo da Vinci, farewell dry January & World Ukulele Day
Curated by Natasha Young
ART |Exhibition marks 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death
Drawings by iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci will go on display at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery today (1 February) as part of a ...
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Restaurant Review
Rocket & Ruby
Castle Street, Liverpool
By Lawrence Saunders | Small plates | £££ | 55 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 9TN | 0151 227 4004
The first weeks of a new year aren’t great are they? We’re all brasic, stuck at home, off the booze and breaking resolutions for fun.
So for these ...
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Knowsley Council has confirmed ‘negotiations are nearing completion’ to turn Huyton Village’s former Natwest bank into a food and drink venue.The proposed venture is said to be the third new bar, restaurant and café business in the pipeline for the village.A new Turkish restaurant called Eton Place is due to ...
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Plans to replace a former Chinese supermarket in Liverpool city centre with student accommodation have been revealed.Developer Fusion Students has submitted a planning application outlining its proposals for the old Hondo store on Upper Duke Street.Hondo was put up for sale in 2017 when its directors decided to retire after 30 ...
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An expanding artisan chip shop has revealed plans to open sites in Liverpool and New Brighton in 2019.Chip’d is preparing to launch a store in Chester in February having successfully traded at food and music festivals, and has confirmed it is eyeing the Liverpool City Region destinations for further openings.Founded ...
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Liverpool’s newest food and drink market will officially open at the beginning of April, it has been announced.Duke Street Food and Drink Market will launch with three traders including FINCA, which featured on the BBC’s 'Million Pound Menu' last year.The Cuban street food concept will be joined by CINDER, headed ...
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